# 2019 United States Men's Curling Championship

The 2019 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 9 to 16 at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was held in conjunction with the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship.

## Teams

Ten teams qualified to participate in the 2019 national championship.
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Steven Birklid | Sam Galey | Matt Birklid | Nicholas Connolly | Seattle, Washington |
| Todd Birr | Greg Johnson | Hunter Clawson | Tom O'Connor | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Jed Brundidge | Jordan Brown | Evan Workin | Cameron Rittenour | St Paul, Minnesota |
| Brandon Corbett | Derek Corbett | Evan Jensen | Aaron Carlson | Rochester, New York |
| Scott Dunnam | Cody Clouser | Andrew Dunnam | Daniel Dudt | Dresher, Pennsylvania |
| Korey Dropkin (fourth) | Thomas Howell | Mark Fenner (skip) | Alex Fenson | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Greg Persinger (fourth) | Rich Ruohonen (skip) | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Chaska, Minnesota |
| John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Chase Sinnett | Trevor Marquardt | Jonathon Harstad | Eli Clawson | Medfield, Massachusetts |
| Samuel Strouse | John Paul Munich | Andrew McDonald | Ryan Elwing | Midland, Michigan |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Skip | W | L |
| Rich Ruohonen | 8 | 1 |
| John Shuster | 8 | 1 |
| Todd Birr | 6 | 3 |
| Mark Fenner | 6 | 3 |
| Steven Birklid | 4 | 5 |
| Scott Dunnam | 4 | 5 |
| Brandon Corbett | 3 | 6 |
| Chase Sinnett | 3 | 6 |
| Jed Brundidge | 2 | 7 |
| Samuel Strouse | 1 | 8 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−7)

### Draw 1

Saturday, February 9, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |
| Mark Fenner | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 9 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, February 10, 8:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 10, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Jed Brundidge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Samuel Strouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 4

Monday, February 11, 9:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Mark Fenner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 8 |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |

### Draw 5

Monday, February 11, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brandon Corbett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |

### Draw 6

Monday, February 12, 2:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Steven Birklid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Brandon Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Fenner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Scott Dunnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |

### Draw 7

Monday, February 13, 9:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Jed Brundidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Steven Birklid | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Samuel Strouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 8

Monday, February 13, 7:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scott Dunnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Brandon Corbett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Samuel Strouse | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | X | 3 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 9

Monday, February 14, 4:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Brandon Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Samuel Strouse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Scott Dunnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jed Brundidge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Steven Birklid | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chase Sinnett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Rich Ruohonen | 3 | | | | 2 | John Shuster | 8 |
| 2 | John Shuster | 8 | | | | 1 | Rich Ruohonen | 4 |
| | | | 1 | Rich Ruohonen | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Todd Birr | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Todd Birr | 5 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mark Fenner | 4 | | | | | | |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Rich Ruohonen | Rich Ruohonen |
| John Landsteiner | 76% | Phil Tilker | 97% |
| Matt Hamilton | 78% | Colin Hufman | 79% |
| Chris Plys | 97% | Rich Ruohonen | 67% |
| John Shuster | 86% | Greg Persinger | 64% |
| Total | 84% | Total | 77% |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, February 15, 1:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Mark Fenner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Mark Fenner | Mark Fenner | Todd Birr | Todd Birr |
| Alex Fenson | 73% | Tom O'Connor | 88% |
| Mark Fenner | 66% | Hunter Clawson | 67% |
| Thomas Howell | 83% | Greg Johnson | 73% |
| Korey Dropkin | 74% | Todd Birr | 77% |
| Total | 74% | Total | 76% |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 15, 7:00pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Rich Ruohonen | Rich Ruohonen | Todd Birr | Todd Birr |
| Phil Tilker | 78% | Tom O'Connor | 88% |
| Colin Hufman | 84% | Hunter Clawson | 77% |
| Rich Ruohonen | 82% | Greg Johnson | 76% |
| Greg Persinger | 89% | Todd Birr | 81% |
| Total | 83% | Total | 80% |

### Final

Saturday, February 16, 3:00 pm ET
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Rich Ruohonen | Rich Ruohonen |
| John Landsteiner | 84% | Phil Tilker | 92% |
| Matt Hamilton | 80% | Colin Hufman | 74% |
| Chris Plys | 87% | Rich Ruohonen | 80% |
| John Shuster | 97% | Greg Persinger | 74% |
| Total | 87% | Total | 80% |